<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"><em>Apologies for cross-posting</em><br></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, I am pleased to announce that the September 2015 edition of <i>Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry</i> has been published.  We are also thrilled to announce that </span><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://cmc-centre.com/celebrity-chat/series/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Celebrity Chat</span></a></span></i><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"> video series was launched at the CMCS conference <i>Bridging Gaps: Where is the Persona in Celebrity and Journalism? </i>in New York City this month.</span><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><u><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">The September 2015 edition includes</span></u><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">:</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><strong>Highlights of <font color="#000000"><em>Bridging Gaps: Where is the Persona in Celebrity and Journalism? </em>Conference (New York City)</font><br><em></em></strong></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&amp;id=4c2c289abc&amp;e=9b4b89800a" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://storify.com/celeb_studies/bridging-gaps-where-is-the-persona-in-celebrity-an-55eda2ea309315fd4dbb348f</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"> </span></p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">CMCS media interviews in “Overnight Celebrity”</span></b><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"> <br></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&amp;id=7300b35862&amp;e=9b4b89800a" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://www.prote.in/en/briefings/overnight-celebrity?fb_comment_id=730235840438565_731860700276079</span></a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"> </span></p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">Registration for <em>After-Image: Life-writing and Celebrity </em></span></b><b><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">Conference (Oxford) </span></b><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"><br></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&amp;id=19860e80d2&amp;e=9b4b89800a" target="_blank"><span style="color:black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